On further interrogation, Sameer Alam confessed that he intended to take the minor girl with him to Nepal to sell her there. The modus operandi resembles the plot exposed in 'The Kerala Story' movie.
Congress leader Niranjan Hiremath, father Neha who was killed by Fayaz for rejecting his advances, voiced his discontent with the leaders of his party for negating the Love Jihad angle in the case
The Police have filed an FIR under sections 376 (rape), 376 (2)(n), 377, 420, 323, 504, 506 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860. Further investigations in the case are underway.